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.""'".".".. _----. 1.1- 4 - ' ""2 would, by operating in the rear of the enemy, de . SPANISH:AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. prive them of all hopes of re-visiting Bayonne. _ -- - REUS, AUG.. 11.-11 e regiment of Almoria has LISBON, SEPT. 1 6.—According to letters from the just marched in here ; that of Ferdinand is on the North of Portugal, the Marquis of Romana's army, other side of Martorell. From the. movements of consisting of 30,000 men, has passed through Torre these and other corps, it is supposed that Blake in de Moncorvo, in Tralos-Montes, on its march, as is tends to attack the French army besieging Gerona. supposed, ,for Ciudad-Rodrigo. Blake's head-quarters have been transferred to this The Seville Gazette, of the sth instant, contains place, and Coupigny's are to be ,moved to Villa the important intelligence, that the sacred flame of Fromea. . , , insurre&ion is again lighted up in New Castile, and . It is positively ascertained that the French have spreads even into Old Castile. This is a kind of disarmed all the Swiss troops in -Barcelona, in conse warfare which the French armies cannot resist. quence of some 'disturbance, or, probably, because Yester4lay being the anniversary of the restoration t h e y wer e suspeEled. A cordon' of troops from of the legitimate Government o f his R o y a l Highness Mongat to Molins del Rei prevents all access to Bar the Prince Regent, was celebrated by repeated dis- c oone. Those who are apprehended in attempting charges of artillery from the Castle and the armed to pass the line are instantly hung. vessels, in the harbour, vollies of small arms from •tA French division of cavalry and infantry were the regiments quartered in the capital, which pared- lately attacked and routed' near Jutiqueira,. by our eel in the Rocio, and the p e rformance o f High Mass brave warriors, who captured their guns, set fire to in I; w Churches. The festivity closed with a gene- their tents, and took a number of prisoners. They have also intercepted a convoy which was proceed ing to Figueiras. , . MAN'RESA, AUG. B.—lt is reported that a batta bur: of Italians' have deserted to out garrison at Gerona. , , e 'ral illumination in the evening. SEVILLE, SEPT. 6.—The Madrid Gazette, received here, contains various decrees of the ['stirrer.. One of these•suppresses all the Monastic Orders in Spain, as . - signing only a small pension for hie, to the individaals. Composing them. The Archbishops and Bishops are also put on the pension -list, and their property and revenues are sequestrated for the use of the - State. Another decree annuls all . titles of Nobility not conferred or confirmed by the Usurper. • Suet) is the condition of Spain, and such 4 , 111 ever, be the fate of those unhappy countries that become sub ject to the atrocious and tyrannical doMinion of the French ! This exaaly corresponds with the opinicin which we long since formed, respeCiing the Government of the Usurper, as may be seen in• an Essay, which we published upon this subje&. The French Govern-, ment is not carrying 'on an ordinary war. Its objeEt is to destroy Religion, Property, Nobility—every thing, in snort, which constitutes the bands of social order. We are placed in the same relation with them as with the beasts of prey ; we must destroy them, or perish ourselses, LP.BON, SEPT. 15.—Witbia these few days a number of vessels have arrived here with English troops on board to reinforce the army under. General Wellesley. VALENCIA, AUG. 22..-.. Persons employed by our Generals to procure information affirm, that the ene my have in. the hospitals and convents of Madrid, about 12,000 sick and woundecL ln consequence of the attack at Almonacid, no fewer than 8000 beds were put in requisition. St. MATHEUS, -AUG. 17.—The French General in Saragossa has issued a Decree, ordering half the crops of wheat, barley, and straw, to be sent into the French magazines, under pain of a general pillage. All the villages containing 500 inhabitants are to contribute upon this occasion the sum of 1000 dollars in specie ; and those which exceed that number, more in proportion. Fathers of families are to pro duce their sons, when called upon, or to be respon sible for their absence. It is said that in the late at tack by the French upon Mequinenza, they were repulsed with - great loss. LISBON, SEPT. 14.—The following is an extra& of a letter received from the head-quarters of the army of Estrernadura, dated the loth inst.:— " The corps under Marshal Ney consists of 14,000 men. The head-quarters were at Sala mailer', and the army occupies the surrounding po.- litionS. In front of them is the army of the Mar quis Ramona, now under the command of General' Mendizabal. There is a report of an engagement lased three days, and which terminated in the total defeat of Ney,,with the loss of 4090 men. 11arslial Salt has 8000 men, and his head-quar ters are at Placentia. This army occupies Coria, Calisteo, the banks of the Tietar and Tagus ; and the advanced posts extend to the bridge of Arzo bispo. It has to defend itself against the troops of. Marshal Beresford, General Wellesley, who is, at Badajoz, and the corps of the army of Extremadura; - which occupy a line from Jaraicejo to St. Vincente, covering the bride of Almarazi Mewls d'lbor, Fres nedoso, &c. Marshal Monier has 10,000 men.— His head-quarters are at Talavera, ynd his troops oc copy Naval Moral, Calzada,Oropessa, &e. He re mains on the defensive, being threatened by the army of Estiemadura, which is, ad interim, COM!. manded by General Eguia, whose head-quarters are at 'Truxilai. Marshal Victor has 20,000 men. His bead-quarters are at Toledo, and his army occupies the plains of Toledo and La Mancha. His advanced pots reach as far as Daimiel. He watches the mo tions c,f General Venegas and Brigadier Lacy, who commands the.san-guard; and whose advanced par tie• we'e so successful in an attack upon the enemy at D ! imirl. General Sebastiani has 10,000 men, chiefly cavalry, and his 'head-gunners are at Feula -brada. His army extends front Aranjuez to Alcala. The insurgents of Castile annoy them with a num ber of marauding parties, which daily intercept dis patch?,,and carry off the provisions and money for warded to the army. It appears that the garrison of Madrid does not exceed Suou men, and Consequent ly, that there are not wore titan 70,000 in ail this parS of Spain. It is also ascertained, by the accounts 01 Officers who have been made prisoners; and sol diers %‘ ho have deserted to us, that t h ey have been many days without pay.; and that they have had no wine *sloes some time befute tlx,battle cf -Talavera. It follows, that a general and well-combined atta:.k may annihilate the miserable remnant of our op pressors." Ltsßox, SEPT. 14.—The Advice% brought by the Courier Extraordinary, who arrived from . Seville on Tues , lay, are extremely favourable for the cause of liberty. General M..lnlizabal has already Teach,' ed Ciudad Rodrigo with a pat; of the Gallician army, whigh (Artists's of t 8,00(1 men. General Venegas with the aptir of Carolina, which has received con siderable reinforcements, has his head-quarters again at Tembleque, s ithin three leagues ot . T'oledo. Genttral Wellesley is also making some movements, with his .thacc army, which indicate that they are once Ittore pruceediti CO• ° prate with the Spa nish torees„ now re•olganiLed, animated with the best dkposin.ms, and anxious to attack the enemy. /This intelligence is confirmed by letters from Bada joz. it will by no means surprise us that the French should, evacuate the ho,pitals of unfolittnate Madrid, and vet rest to the banks• of the Ebro. They are 'par ticulatly apprehensive of a lauding and diversion in B,scay, which, should it, as we exi,e6t,'lale place, to supply their place shall be appropriated and estft blished. Art. 11. The Department of Finance is charged to propose ,to his Majesty the contributions which shall supply the place of those abolished. Art. 111. The present decree shall be printed, pub lished,, and circulated in the usual form. From our Royal Palace of Seville, Aug. 7, tog. Marquis of ASTORGA, President. MARTIN DE GARAY. GERONA, AUG. 13.—The Governor of Monjuich, perceiving the deplorable state in which that for tress was, and knoWmg that the enemy intended an immediate and vigorous aux+, thought it prudent no longer to expose a garrison which bad defended itself with heroism, and crowned itself with glory, by sustaining so many attacks from June 25, on which the enemy took several of the towers; and they having on the 4th of July made a ptaaietible breach, and within these few days past demolished the whole of the curtain, he determined to aban don the fortress, and at half-past six of the after \noon of the 11th, after destroying every thing -that might be useful to the enemy, and carrying a**y the few provisions that remained, withdrew the gar rison into the city, which it entered full of valour, and impatient for new glory. It most be confessed that this event is of some importance to the enemy; but because this fortress is taken; it does not follow COLELLA, AUG. 7.—lt is asserted, that on the 'sth inst. Doaor Rovira, after an obstinate aetion in the plain of Coto, near • Junqueira, carried off a French convoy, with a loss, on the part of the ene my, of 700 men. The division which embarked at Arens, for the relief of Gerona, are understood to have entered that heroic city, with the exception of about 30, who have fallen back to Estartit. TARRAGONA, AUG. 17.—We have official ad vices, that on the night of the loth, 1500 of the enemy; with a body of cavalry, and some artillery, marched from Barcelona and St. Andre de Palomar, to surprise our advanced posts near Mongat, and turn the whole of our line; but they marchedback, with the loss of 300 •in killed and wounded. Our loss consisted of It killed and '4O wounded. CADIZ, SEPT. 2.—Letters from Seville state, that Barcelona is reduced to the utmost distress, for want of provisions ; that the peasants of Atalayuelas, in two afTeirs with the French, have taken too of them prisoners, including several Officers ; and that the army of Venegas,consisting of 26,000 Men, has its advanced posts at Mansanares. BADAJOZ, SEPT. 9.—On the 3d instant his Ex cellency the Marquis of Romana arrived at Ciudad Rodrigo, on his way to Seville; his army is advanc ing t;Zamora, and a part of it is expeaed at Ciudad Rodrigo. CIUDAD RODRIGO . , SEPT. 4.—The Members of the Junta of Old-Castile are. here. The French are said to have at Burgos 2000 men, and several parties of infantry and cavalry in Burge de Osma, Aranda, and other towns in the neighbourhood. The divi sion of Ney, which passed through Barios, is station ed between Salamanca and Toro. . CADIZ, SEPT. 15.-- , According 'to accounts from the Supreme Junta of Arragon, the French .from Alcanit have retired to Saragossa, and part to Cas tile. The retrograde movements of the French in La Mancha are confirmed. Our cavalry has by this time passed Mansanares. In the army of Eatrema dura, whose head-quarters were established pn the 30th ult. at Truxillo, every thing is'organizing with madura, incredible aaivity ; already are the bridges prepared i " Considering the preservation of the army con for again passing the Tagus. fisted to my command as one of the principal of my ROYAL DECREE. . dunes, I cannot but fix my attention on the provi- SEVILLE, SEPT. I.—His Majesty would neither siting fulfil his own wishes, nor the hopes of his people, ting made by the General Order of the 30th of July if, at the same time when he labours to • free the last, observing, that the present circumstances are country from the oppression of its tyrant, be did very different from those which occasioned the pub not make every exertion to correct the vices which fishing of that Order, which was intended to pre exist in the interior administration; and to raise this magnanimous and generous nation to the high de. •. vent, by the punishment of some individuals, the gree of splendour and power, to which it is entitled i general evil then every day too prevalent among the by the fruitfulness of its soil, the benignity of its. troops, who dispersed whenever the enemy attacked climate, the extent of its coasts, and the possession of its rich colonies. Among the obstacles which or made a dispdsition to attack us. have constantly opposed the progress of our agricnl- " As circumstances have varied, some modifica tore, industry, and,commerce, the first place t is held . teens may be necessary, but the same order ought to by the contributions, called alcabalas, cientos, and . , millones, imposts, which obstrnaing the interior subsist- in its utrnpst force, in all cases, at all times, circulation, and pressing unequally on the produc- when the same - Causes may recut', though not when lions of the land, on manufactures, and in general, they, being entirely different, shall be inconsistent , on alt objeas of commerce, not only have banished from our unfortunate country that liberty, without with the maintenance and increase of the strength which there can be neither arts, cultivation, nor of the army. After having taken the opinion of the commerce ; not only rendered odious the fiscal ad- Accussor-General, I declare and order aalollows : ministration, and even industry itself; but, which is more, intli&ing on it incurable wounds, have " That the Royal Order of the 3d January, of ever been only a feeble resource for supplying the the present year, relative to deserters, shall be sus necessities of the State. Observation and experi- pended and repealed. ence have shewn their prejudicial effeds : the people . " have cried out for a remedy ; and for the decline of 2. That all deserters, and such as forsake their our manufactures, the mercantile system unani- colours . when in the presence of the enemy, or mously embraced by all the nations in Europe.— marching towards him, or in the retreat, after elle But though the Government knew these defe&s, and reformed them partially, these reforms were a new 27:h of July, shall be subject to the order of the vice which only still more embarrassed the system.- 30th of the said month; but such deserters shall be At length the time is arrived when good principles permitted to return to the service, only losing their shall triumph over ignorance, and the nation which right to any reward or pay for the time they have has appeared great and majestic in the eyes of all , Europe, by its-valour and its virtue, shall be so also served, and incurring the obligation to four years by the liberality of its principles, and the goodness longer service. of its interior adMinistration. The Supreme Junta ; " 3. ` T hose only shall be considered as deserters of Government of the Kingdom is well convinced, that the riches of individuals are the riches of the and incorrigible, who shall not, within 15 days from State, and that no nation can be rich without en- the date of this order, repair to and join their re couraging its agriculture, commerce, and industry; speaive corps, or apply to the Justice of the Distri& and that industry in general does not increase, but remove the obstacles which may obstrua both the in which they may be, for passports to return to the fiscal and civil laws. From these considerations the army : such as shall return within the time pre- Supreme Junta cannot omit occupying itself with :.scribed, or shall have applied for passports, limy re this great works beginning with the most urgent re form, which is that of the contributions, and pro- return to the service on the terms prescribed in the viding in the place of those abolished, others upon preceding article. such things as car) more properly be required to con " 4. Such soldiers as being sick have left t h eir cor p s, tribute, distributing them equally among the con tributors, exaEting theM in the time and mannerpresented themselves to the established hos. and not 'least offensive, and colle&ing them with the least pitals for their recovery for want of having time to expense possible. Thus the contributions, which procure the necessary documents, shall not he con ate always an evil, shall fall only on those who can . contribute, shall be applied to their true objects, and sileted as incorrigible deserters, and comprehended not to the maintenance of an innumerable multitisde the order of the aoth July, provided,' within of tax-gatherers, who are unproductive consumers, and so many bands lost to industry. In conse a the time already prescribed; they shall return to their colours and present themselves to the said therefore, of these principles, the King our Lord Don Ferdinand VII. and in his Royal name the hospitals, into which they shall be received, except Supreme Junta of the Gevernment of the Kingdom, their illness shoeild be such as not to permit them to decree as follows : do one or the other. It is, however, to be under- Art. I. The contributions, known by the Italie• of alcabalas, cientas, and willow, shall be eh.. atood that this ind d a ence shall be allowed only for rolled, as soda as those which are a,,p;tpriated t his sealc tuae . , as in 'future they must punaually that Gerona must be taken too. It has other for tresses, walls, and its garrison and inhabitants are resolved to dispute the streets inch by inch, if the ~ besiegers should ever enter them. If all the troops to which the nation has confided the defence of its rights and existence, had displayed the same con stancy and patriotism with - those of Gerona, its sal vation would have been more prompt and complete. MI LINA DE ARRAGON, AUG. 20.—The Junta of the province of Guadalaxara established itself in Sig nenza; in order to give aCtivity to - the patriotic in surreCtion and general armament. The people join with the greatest enthusiasm in the measures which it is found necessary to take. All the youth of the province have .assembled in Siguenza, and those of Soria in Molina, where they have been joined by more than 250 horse. The patriotism of the Rioja is likewise most conspicuous. VALENCIA, AUG. 25.—We know that Gerona has received succours both - of provisions and troops. General BLAKE is near that place with a large divi sion of his army, and we hope soon to hear of the defeat of the enemy, and the delivery of a people for 'whom no praise can be sufficient. BADAJOZ, SEPT B.—On the 29th nf last month the following Order was published to the several corps of the army of Estramadura : " Don FRANCIS - CO XAVIER• DE EGUIRA, Lieute tenant-Gen. of the Royal Armies, Perpetual Counsel lor of the Supreme Council of War, Direiaor and Inspector-G2nrral of all the Artillery, and Provincial Militia, General in Chief of the Army of Estre- observe what is ordered ,with respe& to the sick who are to be received into the hospital. This Order shall be read in front of the colours with the cus tomary , formalities, and the Chiefs of the several corps shall take care that the preceding Articles are punaually carried into effe&. FRANCISCO DR EGUIRA " Head•cluarters, Delitsoa, Aug. 29th." MAILS. Arta tvzn—t Dublin. Do E—3 Gottenburgit, i Malta, r Cadiz, z Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TVIIL.VE O'CLOCK. Consols ----- 7 . -,681i THE SUN. St.:LEM RUTS DICTR6 FALgUIA L 0 ND 0 IV, TUESDAY, SCPTF:MBER 'el, 1809. Some of our Contemporaries have amused them selves and their Readers with Ministerial arrange . -1 meats, _fat which they can have no authority what ever. We stated yesterday that Messages had been sent to Lords GRENVILLE and GREY and um 1 their Answers shall have been received, of course no de finitive arrangement can take place. It has been stated that some other Members of toe present Cabinet will resign, an event which we consider by no means as improbable .; but we feel it our duty , ' under the , present circumstances, to abstain from speculations founded upon vague , conjeaure. We are happy, however, to have it in our power to cond. tradid the report of the resignation of Lord Hax• ROWEY j .that Nobleman has not resigned, and we only regr:t that his state of health deprives the coun try of his services in a more efficient situation. Last night we received Spanish and Portuguese Papers, the former to the 7th, and the latter to the 17th inst.. The British head-quarters were still.at Badajoz. The report of the defeat of,Marshal Sot:Lr by General MENDAZABAL, was current at Lisbon, but we fear, it is without foundation, Mr. CANNING, we are happy to state, continues daily to recover; he, however, suffered a greater cie , gree of pain last night than . he has done since he re. , - • ,ceivecl the wound, but it was not accompanied with any fever, or with any symptom that can be contd.-. dered of an unfavourable nature. • - Ey The last accounts from Weymouth; her Royal Highness Princess AMELIA is fast recovering from. her late illness. Occasionally, when tbe weather permits, her Royal Highness goes ,on board. the Royal yacht, wilielvexcursions, it is . supposed, have tended much to the improvement of her health. The disputes between the civil and military au• thorities at the Madras Presidency, it appears were not, on the loth of May, terminated• by the removal of General IVVDow4r,.I., and the suspension of Major BOLES (which happeued so long ago as the 31St of January), but that the dismissal of Officers still con tinued. The ostensible cause of the present differ epees was the appeal of Colonel Masao, the Quar ter-Master-General, from his commanding Orti,:er' 3 intention of bringing him before a Court-Martial , to the Civil Powers of the Presidency ; and this aP'" peal produced the dismissal . of the Coturnander in Chief. _ The troops lately entbarked at Portsmouth, and intended .to reinforce uur Ar►oy in Portugal, are still on board the transports, wind•bound, at Cowes and Yarmouth Roads, in the Isle of Wight. EXTRACT OIL A LETTER. " BUENOS Ames, AUG. B.—A new Viceroy has arrived at Buenos Ayres to succeed General Liniers, who has retired to Mendoza, a town about goo miles up the country. General Liniers had orders from the Supreme Junta to, repair to Spain, to answer charges brought against:liiin:by Gen. Elio , Governor of Monte Vi deo.; iant on resigning his office, he insisted on nor going to that county till its situation was in a mar° settled state than at present. All the Creoles or natives of the country-;are wholly in favour of General Liniers ; he has cos banded the different regiments from Old Spain, and taken the natives in their room, which caused' much jealousy on the part of the Old Spaniards, whop taking advantage of the circumstance, alleged of his ladybeing agre, r v‘ a •e is i e t a st known ron s party against him.' Frenchat grea tly ruled x tra in 6l ' b o l u s , contrived e°lidtet b to y a " This Lady, on th e news of the new Vice King's arrival, and dreading insults from the p ublic, thought proper to take h er p assa g e on board th e English gun-brig Steady, ,for Rio de Janiero, accompanied by the rest of her family ; it is said that she has taken the whole of her property with her. ";The new Vice King has been invested with more abscritite authority than any of his predecessors, he has even got the power of life and death in his, own hands. On an application from the British merchants at Monte Video, to know in what • manner com merce shall in future be carried on, he has positively declared that he has been commanded to put a stoP to all smuggling in the River Plate, in con,equence of which the coast is doubly guarded, and boi ness is at a stand there as well as on the oi)Pcbi(e coasts. "A new Governor has also arrived for Nl49llte Video, and General Elio was appointed Comilla " d ' t)t of the troops at Buenos Ayres, but, on aceoui.t their dislike towards him he has been contioue. l "Y the Vidcroy in his situation of Governor, and the othvr has got the ccmroand of the twee at Eideilos Ayrea."